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The four-week Go KPSummer Games Team Challenge (running from June 1 to June 30) is designed to keep you moving – both for a healthier you and some friendly competition. Beginning May 8, you can sign up at Go KP to join the Challenge and start forming your team of four or more.

What are the things you are most proud of accomplishing in 2016? What are the things you want to accomplish in 2017? Make a list of goals you want to accomplish for this year and get started on the right foot and off to a great start! Follow the SMART Goals to ensure your goals are achievable.

Set a Behavior Goal – What behavior will I choose? How often? (example: Walk 3 days per week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at lunchtime)

Monitor – How will I monitor my behavior gaol? (example: Make a mark on a wall calendar for each day I keep track)

On January 2, 2017, join the Go KP Pound for Pound Challenge and get tools, resources, and support from your colleagues to help you lose — or maintain — your weight; and also help provide fresh fruits and vegetables for people struggling to put meals on the table. For every pound participants lose collectively between January 16 and March 12, 2017, Kaiser Permanente will donate a pound of produce to Feeding America®, the national food bank network.

Even if you don’t need to lose weight you can still participate. Maintain your starting weight, log it on Go KP, and a donation of five pounds of produce will be made on your behalf. Lose weight and every pound you lose will be one pound more given to Feeding America!*

A new feature is the Pounds to Produce Scale poster. To access a poster, look for a community Pounds to Produce Scale poster in your workplace; or download and print a personal poster from the Go KP website. You and your co-workers can chart your success together and see how you are all contributing to a good cause!

Thank you for joining us for Dr. Weitzenberg’s presentation. We had over 500 MDs and staff attend.

Don’t forget to Set your goal and Stay Motivated!

We all know it’s important to be physically active. But have you ever wondered just how important?

Join Todd Weitzenberg, MD, for an engaging presentation on the power of exercise to transform your health and well-being. Learn about:

The physical and emotional health benefits of exercise

Exercise as prevention and medicine

Why it’s hard to lose weight (and how to make it easier)

Ways to stay motivated to achieve your physical activity goals

Dr. Weitzenberg is a Sports Medicine physician at Santa Rosa Medical Center and is the chief and developer of KP Santa Rosa’s Sports Medicine program. A competitive cyclist and lifelong athlete, he believes that exercise is the best medicine.

Safe shoes are “in” at Kaiser Permanente!

Your shoe selection can be the difference between your safety and injury at work. Did you know that the type of shoe you wear to work could be the cause of a slip, trip, or fall? OUCH!

Show that you care about safety by wearing your safe shoes over to the “Show Our Shoes” table at your facility on the designated date and you will be a footwear winner! If you are wearing SAFE shoes you will receive a cool free gift. Take Charge! participants bring your card with you to receive 1,000 points.